Example sentences of "[adj] that [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tossing this first layer of skin aside , he attempted to burrow deeper , only to discover yet more skin , though whether this was the outer skin that had slithered back through his advancing fingers , or a whole new layer was not apparent , but it was pretty clear that finding her windpipe , let alone getting hands round it and squeezing it , was a two-person job . |
| 2 | It was not merely the weather that made the Decoy Lodge feel gloomier , more shadowy than Louisa remembered , not merely the damp that left her bones so chill . |
| 3 | Laura was never one to swim with every fashionable cross-current that came her way . |
| 4 | She wore her lilac coat and skirt , braided with deeper lilac ; the skirt widened at the hem and floated out over thin boots , the tidy laces criss-crossing on shadowy ankles there was something playful in Maman 's way of walking , something jaunty that swayed her hips , and made her straw hat tilt up on her frizzed curls … |
| 5 | She was wearing something pink and pretty that covered her body in soft folds . |
| 6 | Another empty day with none of the jobs she had carried out day after day for so long that filled her time with things she enjoyed . |
| 7 | She could n't help the tinge of pink that flooded her cheeks at his expression as those blue eyes studied her with contempt . |
| 8 | She changed her mind and put on her black velvet skirt and a fairly new satin blouse in kingfisher-blue that matched her eyes . |
| 9 | Lissa 's lashes swept downwards , hiding the hurt that filled her eyes . |
| 10 | Dressed in a gown of deepest blue that complemented her dark eyes and rich hair , she was the loveliest creature he had ever seen . |
| 11 | Some of her hair caught inside it and she flicked it out , a careless fall of dark blonde that framed her even-featured face . |
| 12 | He got to his feet , pushing the chair legs against the floor tiles with a grating that set her teeth on edge . |